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Cardinia Road Station is emerging as a hotspot for youth crime and antisocial behaviour, with residents reporting intimidation, gang activity and violent assaults involving machetes. Locals say groups of teenagers regularly gather at the station and nearby shopping precincts after school and into the night,…

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